108 A N I Í A L S OF T H E B O Y A L B O T A N I C G A E D E N , CALCUTTA.
A K O N A C E I E OF B R I T I S H I N D I A.
solitaiy, about '25 in. long, boariug towards the apex 3 or 4 l-bracteolate, pubescent
pedicels. Flowers '4 in. long. Srpals broadly ovate, acute, pubescent outside, glabrous
inside as arc the outer petals. Outer pofah twice as large as the sepals, broadly ovate,
acute. Inner petah '35 in. long; the limb hastate, tiiquetrous, thickened, the edges
and the base ciliate; the claw long, narrowed to the base, glabrous. Staminodcs 0.
Stavie7is 10, in two rows, curved, slightly apiculate; the anther-cells large. Ovaries about
10, obliquely oblong, curved, pubescent, 2-ovuled; stignia small, capitate, sessile. Ripe
carpels 5 or 6, globular, glabrous, '4 in. in diam.; their stalks about '25 in. Seeds
solitary.
Perak,— Wray, King''s Collector-, at low elevations. Singapore,—Ridlei/.
This is closely allied to 0. doJecandra, Miq.
P l a i e 14913. Orophea hastata, Kinfj. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels—e/^
natural size; 3, flower dissected; 4 & 5, anthers; 6, pistil—enlarged.
14. Okophea dodf.caxdra, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. ¡¿5. A tree 20 to
40 feet high; young branches sparsely adpressed-pubescent, afterwards glabrous darkcoloured
and striate. Leaves membi-anous, elliptic, rarely elliptic-oblong, slightly inequilateral,
shortly caudate acuminate, the base cuneate; upper surface glabrous, shining;
the Jower paler with a few scattered, pale, adpressed hairs; main nerves 5 or 6 pairs,
bold beneath, inter-arching -25 in. from the margin; length 3'5 to o-5 in., breadth
1-75 to 2-3 in.; petiole -2 in., stout, channelled. Peduncles supra-axillaiy, longer than
the pedicels, 3- to 7-flowered, glabrous; pedicels '5 in. long, clustered near the apex,
bracteolate above the middle. Floivers -o in. long. Sepals smaller than the outer petals,
spreading, dotted, conjoined at the base, slightly tubercular outside, glabrous inside.
Outer petals broadly ovate, acuminate, naiTOWed at the base, '15 in. long. Inner petals
thick, linear-oblong, blunt, puberalous outside, slightly arched below the middle, the
apices divergent and recurved. Staminodes 0. Stamens 12, in two rows; the connective
rather narrow, prolonged beyond the apices of the large, broad, dorsal anthers. Ovaries
6 to 8, oblcmg, curved, oblique, glabrous, 2-ovulcd; stigma oblong, sessile. Ripe carpels
ovoid or «lightly obovoid, blunt, glabrous, -85 in. long; their stalks -S to -9 in. Seeds
solitary, sub-rotund or oblong, with rugose, pale, scaly testa. King in Joiirn. As. Soe.
Bengal 61, pt. 2, 84.
rerak,—Scortec/mi, Kind's Collector-, at low elevations.
P l a t e 150A. Orophea dodecandra, Miq. 1, Flowering branch; 2, young carpels;
3, ripe carpel—o/ natural size; 4, flower dissected; 5, anthers; 6, pistils—enlarged.
15 Oeoi'HEA cuneifoemis, King in Jotirn. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 84. A tree
20 to 40 feet high; young parts rusty-pubescent or tomentose; the branchlets rather
stout, ultimately glabrous dark-coloured and furrowed. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong,
narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate-oblong, more or less sharply acuminate, very little
narrowed to the rounded or minutely cordate base; upper sui-face at first with many
long, thin, pale, adpressed hairs, ultimately glabrous; lower softly but rather coarsely
pubescent, the midrib and 8 to 12 pairs of oblique rather prominent main nerves
ruious-toinentose; length 3-5 to 6 in., bi-eadth M to 2'2 in.; petiole '05, tomentose.
Peduncles 4- or 5-flowered, solitaiy, supra-axillary, slender, sub-glabrous below, rufoussericeous
above, longer than the pedicels; bracts numerous, linear-lanceolate; pedicels
•3 in Ion- mfous-sericeous like the outer surface of the sepals and outer petals,
bracteolate °at the base. Flower-buds globose. Sepals ovate, much acuminate, glabrescent
inside like the outer petals. Outer petals ovate, acute, veined. Inner petals with a
cuneiform, sometimes retuse, thick limb, and a short narrow claw. Staminodes 3, m
an outer row, sub-orbicular, fleshy. Stamens 6. with broad flat connective not produced
at the apex, and large dorsal anthers. O.aws about 6, oblong, oblique, densely villous,
2- or 3.ovuled; stigma sessile, broad. Ripe carpets 8 to 4, sessile, cyhndric, tapering
a little at each end, pubemlous, 1*5 to 1-75 in. long and about "35 m. in diam. Seeds
2, oblong.
VQXQk,—Soortechini, King's Collector.
This is readily distinguished from the closely allied species 0. maculata, by its
MOiTiod cymes, globular fiower-buds, and by the cuneiform (not lanceolate) limbs of
its petals.
PlATE 150B. Orophea cuneifoi-mM, Kins. 1, Flowermg branch; 3, ripe cai-pols-»/
natuml úci : 3, flower disstcted; 4 & 5, anthers; 6, pistil; 7, soolion of ovary-«Zaiyrf.
16 Okopeei polycaepa, A. DO. in Mem. &e. Oat,v. V. 39. A large »limb or small
tree; yonng branches slender, pubescent at first, but speedily glabrous furrowed and
dark-coloured. Imre) membranous, ovate to ovate-oblong, obtusely and veiy shortly
acuminate, the margins undulate, the bast, rounded or narrowed; both surfaces glabrous;
main -nerves 6 to 8 paii-s, spreading, faint; length 2 to 4 in., breadth 1 to I'To in.;
petiole -05 in. Feiumles axillary or supra-axillaiy, slender, 1- to 3-flowered, pubescent;
bracteoles several. ovate, acute, very pubesccnt. Ouler feliils ovate, acummatc,
more than twice as large as the sepals, pubescent on the outer, glabrous on the inner,
surface. Inner petals twice as long as the outer, irregularly oblong, the apices broad
and curved outwards, the base slightly nanwed, puberulous outside, glabrous "within,
'4 in. long. Stamens 6 or 7, in a single row; the anther-cells quite dorsal, separate; the
connective flat and very slightly prolonged above their- apices. Ovaries about twice as
many as the stamens, glabrous, ovate, oblique; stignra small, sessile, sub-capitate. Ripa
carpels globular, glabrous, shining, -35 in. in diam.; their stalks -25 in. long. Seeds
1 or 2. Watt. Cat. 0431; Hook. fi. ^ Thmns. FL Ind. I l l ; Ihmk. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i.
91; Kurs For. Fl. Burm. i. 49; King in Jmrn. As. Soc. Bengal 61, f t . 2, 85.—
Anonacea, Grif. Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. iv. t. 634.—Bocagea polycarpa. Staid. Nornen. 212.—
Molodorum? monospermum, Kure in Andaman Report, Apf. B, f . 1.—Bocagea polycarpa.
Stead.
S. Andaman,-jriir3, King. Burmah: Hartaban, — If»». Cat. No. 6431, OriJJith
(Km Distrih.) Ko. 399.
Oro/liea undnlata (PieiTe Fl. Forest. Coch.-Chine, t. 45) must be closely allied to
this, as must also the same author's 0. anceps. (1. c. t. 46).
P l a t e 151A. Orophea polycarpa. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels—of natural
size; 3, flower dissected; 4, sepals and torus; 5, i^ist'ús—slightt^ enlarged; 6 & 7,
anthers; 8, p i s t i l — e n l a r g e d.
17. Oeophea oosiACEi, Hmátes' Bnmn. PI. Ceyl. 8; Beddome Ic. Fl. Ind. Or., t. 71.
A large tree; young branches dark-coloured, rather slender. Leaves very coriaceous,